Sabic presents new Polymer Catalysis

May 27/2010

(Sabic) -- Saudi Basic Industries
Corporation (SABIC) presented a check on last Tuesday (May 18), for
US$1 million to endow a special Chair in Polymer Catalysis at King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology (KAUST), which is based in Saudi
Arabia.

Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ubaid, Executive Vice President, Technology and
Innovation, presented the check to KAUST on behalf of SABIC as further support for ongoing commitments by
both parties to leverage their respective strengths to promote science and
research that will benefit both parties, Saudi Arabia, the region and the
world.

Catalysis research belongs to the Material Science and Engineering focus area
within KAUST. By endowing the chair, SABIC seeks to create a truly world-class
center of excellence in polymer catalysis based on a synergistic collaboration
between the newly endowed KAUST chair and SABIC's own well-established expertise in catalyst
development.